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“ This land has brought forth numerous children, favouring both the bad and the good ones. It is not the land that is responsible for the people’s hardships, it is the people themselves. Pg.8 ”

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Twenty good friends cannot live together in twenty good years”. We were more than twenty who left the school and the simple statement was beginning to echo hard in my ear, as if grandma actually had that particular day in mind. Pg.100

~ Obehi Peter Ewanfoh

Obehi Peter Ewanfoh Africa Children Good Friends Little Still Owing Me Goodbye Traditional Tales Twenty Good Years

The feast was seen everywhere and in everything. Some women in semi-dresses were busy doing many things at once. Domestic animals were crying their last, with knives on their throats. They too were celebrating the feast in their own ways.Pg.93

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Obehi Peter Ewanfoh Africa Children Feast Little Still Owing Me Goodbye Traditional Tales

Kukurukuuu,’ our big rooster crowed as usual and it nearly put me off my sleep. My eyes were neither open nor close. In trying to go back to sleep I rolled to both sides on my small wooden bed, covered with a mat. The room was partially dark and warm, sleepless rats busy under my bed in search of food.

~ Obehi Peter Ewanfoh

Obehi Peter Ewanfoh African Culture Fiction Narrations

Dry your tears, woman, the boy will be found. Nobody can do him anything…” Gradually, the tears began to dry from Etusi’s eyes, thanks to Okokpujie’s words, a mighty force that swung the entire village to action. Pg.38

~ Obehi Peter Ewanfoh

Obehi Peter Ewanfoh Africa Amende The Stream Water Dry Your Tears Esan Land Children Narration Nigeria Okokpujie Oral Tradition People S Hardships The Bad And The Good Ones Village Woman